Table 5.6 -- EDCS Classifications whose label begins with C
| Label | Definition | Related concepts | Code |
| CABIN | A building at a remote site or located in a wilderness. | 137 | |
| CABLE | A rope, fibre, or heavy steel gauge wire that is used for support, lifting, hauling, and other load-supporting functions, e.g., a cable or wire. | EC FLEXIBLE_RESTRAINT | 138 |
| CADASTRAL_CONSTRUCTION | A construction with unique characteristics used to support cadastral surveys. | 139 | |
| CADASTRAL_CONTROL_POINT | A reference point used for locating and orienting a cadastral survey. | 140 | |
| CAIRN | A heap of stones piled up as a memorial or a landmark. | EC GRAVE_MARKER, EC MONUMENT | 141 |
| CAISSON | A gate at the end of a dry dock that excludes the water after pumping out the dock; it often contains the pumping engines. | EC DRY_DOCK | 142 |
| CALLING_IN_POINT | A specified point some distance from a harbour at which the navigator of a vessel notifies the harbour authority of the position of their vessel. | 143 | |
| CALVARY_CROSS | A structure, mounted on a pedestal, composed of an upright member with a shorter horizontal member centred at approximately two thirds of the height of the upright member. | 144 | |
| CAMP | A tract of land where tents or buildings serve as temporary residences. | EC CAMPGROUND | 145 |
| CAMPGROUND | A permanent site for camping. | EC CAMP, EC MOBILE_HOME_PARK | 146 |
| CANAL | A man-made or improved natural waterway used for transportation, irrigation or movement of water. | 147 | |
| CANAL_CN | An abstract description of the connectivity (centreline or nexus) afforded by a canal. | EC CANAL, EC CANAL_ROUTE | 148 |
| CANAL_ROUTE | A navigable channel in lakes or other waterways. | EC RIVER_ROUTE | 149 |
| CAPITOL_BUILDING | A building in which a national or sub-national legislature meets. | 150 | |
| CARPENTRY_BUILDING | A building in which wooden objects are made, finished, or repaired. | 151 | |
| CART_TRACK | An unimproved roadway. | 152 | |
| CASTLE | A large fortified building or group of buildings with thick walls, usually dominating the surrounding country. | EC FORT | 153 |
| CATALYTIC_CRACKER | A structure in which petroleum separation is carried out in the presence of a catalyst. | EC PETROLEUM_REFINERY | 154 |
| CAUSEWAY | A raised roadway of solid structure built primarily to provide a route across wet ground or an intertidal zone. | EC EMBANKMENT | 155 |
| CAVE | A natural subterranean chamber or series of chambers open to the terrain surface. | 156 | |
| CAY | A small insular parcel of terrain usually with scant vegetation; usually of sand or coral, e.g., a cay or small coral shoals. | 157 | |
| CEASE_FIRE_LINE | A line along which active hostilities are suspended. | 158 | |
| CEMETERY | A site and associated structures devoted to the burial of the dead. | EC BURIAL_GROUND, EC CEMETERY_BUILDING | 159 |
| CEMETERY_BUILDING | A building associated with a cemetery. | EC CEMETERY | 160 |
| CHAIN | A flexible length formed of metal links, rods, or plates, used for tension loads, to drag, lift, support, or restrain objects, e.g., a chain. | EC FLEXIBLE_RESTRAINT | 161 |
| CHANCERY | A building serving as the office of a chancellor, typically serving as a court of public record or an office of archives. In Great Britain, one of the five divisions of the High Court of Justice. | 162 | |
| CHANGE_LINE | The boundary within a region or coverage where the characteristics of the region or coverage change significantly. | 163 | |
| CHANGE_POINT | The location on a linear object where the characteristics of the object change significantly. | 164 | |
| CHANNEL_EDGE | A complex object delimiting the edge of a navigable route plus associated navigational marks, either fixed or afloat. | EC NAVIGATIONAL_MARK_AFLOAT, EC NAVIGATIONAL_MARK_FIXED | 165 |
| CHARACTERISTIC_SET | A set of characteristics describing an object or region. | 166 | |
| CHECKPOINT | An official place to register, declare or check goods and people. | EC CUSTOMS_HOUSE | 167 |
| CHEMICAL_HAZARD | A region in which a chemical substance that can kill, seriously injure, or incapacitate a person or animal through its physiological properties, is present; usually dispersed over a surface or within the atmosphere. | EC BIOLOGIC_HAZARD, EC RADIOLOGIC_HAZARD | 168 |
| CHIMNEY | The part of a usually vertical structure through which smoke and gases escape from a fire or furnace that rises above a roof. | EC SMOKESTACK | 169 |
| CHIMNEY_OR_SMOKESTACK | A vertical structure containing a passage or flue for discharging smoke and gases of combustion. May be further delineated specifically as EC CHIMNEY or EC SMOKESTACK. | 170 | |
| CHURCH | A building for public, especially Christian, worship. | EC WORSHIP_PLACE, EC NON_CHRISTIAN_WORSHIP_PLACE | 171 |
| CIRCULAR_IRRIGATION_SYSTEM | An elevated irrigation system revolving around a central pivot point. | 172 | |
| CISTERN | A man-made container used for the collection or storage of rain water. | 173 | |
| CITY_HALL | A building housing the administrative offices of a municipal government. | EC ADMINISTRATION_BUILDING, EC TOWN_HALL | 174 |
| CIVILIAN_PERSONNEL | Humans that are not members of an armed force. | EC NON_HUMAN_ANIMAL | 175 |
| CLAIM_LINE | A boundary of a region of land or water that is unilaterally claimed by one political group without consent or negotiation with another. | 176 | |
| CLIFF_BOTTOMLINE | A line representing the demarcation of a sudden and significant change in the gradient of the terrain relief occurring at the bottom of a steep slope, e.g., a cliff. | EC CLIFF_TOPLINE | 177 |
| CLIFF_DWELLING | A dwelling built into the recesses of a cliff. | EC UNDERGROUND_DWELLING | 178 |
| CLIFF_TOPLINE | A line representing the demarcation of a sudden and significant change in the gradient of the terrain relief occurring at the top of a steep slope. | EC CLIFF_BOTTOMLINE | 179 |
| COAST | A strip of land of indefinite width (may be several kilometres) that extends from the coastline inland to the first major change in terrain features. | EC COASTLINE | 180 |
| COASTLINE | The line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore. | EC BEACH, EC COAST, EC SHORE | 181 |
| COASTLINE_OR_SHORELINE | The line where a land mass is in contact with a body of water. May be further delineated specifically as EC COASTLINE or EC SHORELINE. | 182 | |
| COLD_FRONT | A boundary between warm and cold air masses that moves so that the colder air replaces the warmer air; the leading edge of a relatively cold air mass. | EC WARM_FRONT | 183 |
| COLLEGIATE_CAMPUS | The buildings and grounds of an institution offering special instruction in professional or technical subjects, which may also include facilities for research and the award of advanced degrees, e.g., a university or college. | EC PRECOLLEGIATE_CAMPUS | 184 |
| COMMERCIAL_BUILDING | A building used to conduct business activities. | EC MARKET, EC RETAIL_FACILITY, EC SHOPPING_CENTRE | 185 |
| COMMUNICATION_ANTENNA | A relatively short structure used for transmitting and/or receiving electronic communication signals. | 186 | |
| COMMUNICATION_BUILDING | A building in which communication signals are processed or controlled, e.g., telephone switching stations, microwave repeater stations, satellite ground stations, cellular telephone equipment, and land-line repeater stations. | 187 | |
| COMMUNICATION_FACILITY | A site and associated buildings used for the generation, reception, or propagation of electronic communications. | EC COMMUNICATION_BUILDING | 188 |
| COMMUNICATION_TOWER | A relatively tall structure used for supporting antennas for transmitting and/or receiving electronic communication signals. | EC COMMUNICATION_ANTENNA | 189 |
| COMMUNITY_CENTRE | A single building used for recreational exercise and minor sports competitions, which typically serves a small town, community, or local region. | 190 | |
| COMMUNITY_REC_FACILITY | A site, buildings and associated structures (e.g., tennis courts) used for recreational exercise and minor sports competitions, which typically serves a small town, community, or local region. | EC RECREATIONAL_COMPLEX | 191 |
| COMPLEX_OUTLINE | An outline delimiting a site or location in which two or more like objects have the same function. | 192 | |
| COMPLEX_TERMINAL_ROUTE | A set of aviation route segments, action points, and various approach minimum altitudes and distances from the end of a landing runway as functions of aircraft type and instrument approach procedures. | 193 | |
| CONSTRICTION | A point where a passageway, channel or route narrows from its normal width. | EC EXPANSION | 194 |
| CONSTRICTION_OR_EXPANSION | A point where a passageway narrows or expands beyond its normal width. May be further delineated specifically as EC CONSTRICTION or EC EXPANSION. | 195 | |
| CONSULATE | A building housing the residence or official premises of an official appointed by a government to reside in a foreign country, represent its commercial interests, and assist its citizens there. | EC AMBASSADORIAL_RESIDENCE | 196 |
| CONTACT_ZONE | A strip of land that is 3 metres wide and limited on the water side by the contact between land and water (under average level of water condition). | EC ACCESS_ZONE | 197 |
| CONTAINER_FACILITY | A site and associated structures used to store containerized cargo. Containers are large reusable receptacles that can accommodate smaller cartons or cases in a single shipment, designed for the efficient handling of cargo. Usually forms part of a container-based distribution system typically including ships, rail cars, and trucks. | 198 | |
| CONTOUR_LINE | A line connecting points having the same elevation value with respect to a shared vertical datum. | EC DEPTH_CONTOUR | 199 |
| CONTROL_TOWER | A tower-like structure that houses the persons and equipment used to control the flow of air, rail, or marine traffic. | EC NON_COMMUNICATION_TOWER | 200 |
| CONTROL_VALUE | A value of one or more classifications, characteristics, or fields used to control, or replace, the default value of the corresponding classifications, characteristics, or fields. | 201 | |
| CONTROLLED_AIRSPACE | A designated airspace within which some or all aircraft may be subjected to air traffic control. | EC AIRSPACE, EC UNCONTROLLED_AIRSPACE | 202 |
| CONVEYOR | An apparatus for moving materials from place to place on a moving belt or series of rollers. | 203 | |
| COOLING_TOWER | A tower used to cool liquids. | 204 | |
| CORRECTIONAL_BUILDING | A building within which persons convicted or accused of crimes are confined; a penitentiary or a jail. | EC CORRECTIONAL_FACILITY, EC JAIL, EC PRISON | 205 |
| CORRECTIONAL_FACILITY | A site and associated buildings where persons convicted or accused of crimes are confined; a penitentiary or a jail. | EC JAIL, EC PRISON | 206 |
| COURTHOUSE | A building that houses the offices of a county government, especially including judicial courts. | EC ADMINISTRATION_BUILDING | 207 |
| COVERAGE | A mixture of environmental objects that have been grouped. | 208 | |
| COVERED_DRAINAGE | A covered portion of a natural watercourse or man-made waterway, preventing its observation or further classification. | 209 | |
| CRANE | A machine for lifting, shifting, and lowering objects or materials by means of a swinging boom or with the lifting apparatus supported on an overhead track. | EC SHEERLEGS | 210 |
| CREVASSE | A deep crack or fissure in a glacier, resulting from differential ice movement, or a deep vertical opening in the earth that appears after an earthquake. | EC CREVICE | 211 |
| CREVICE | A narrow opening or fissure produced by a crack, especially in rock. | EC CREVASSE | 212 |
| CREVICE_OR_CREVASSE | A narrow fissure, crack, or rift in the surface of either the terrain or the overlying snow or ice cover. May be further delineated specifically as EC CREVASSE or EC CREVICE. | 213 | |
| CRIB | A framework structure submerged or above water used to support pipelines, sewer lines, or outfalls. | 214 | |
| CROP_LAND | A tract of land that has been tilled for the planting of crops. | EC HOP_FIELD, EC ORCHARD, EC PLANTATION, EC VINEYARDS | 215 |
| CROSS_COUNTRY_BARRIER | A permanent or semi-permanent fixture placed across any terrain to prevent vehicular or personnel traffic. | 216 | |
| CROSSING | A location where two or more linear objects intersect or cross at the same vertical level, e.g., a road-railroad crossing. | EC FORD, EC ROAD_INTERCHANGE | 217 |
| CULVERT | A sewer or drain crossing under a road, track, or embankment, without affecting the construction of the crossed object, e.g., a box or pipe culvert. | 218 | |
| CURRENT | A body of fluid moving continuously, e.g., an air or water current. | EC OCEAN_CURRENT | 219 |
| CURRENT_DIAGRAM | A graph or chart showing the average speed of the flood and ebb currents at different periods of the current cycle. | 220 | |
| CUSTOMS_HOUSE | A governmental building or office where customs duties are collected and shipments or vehicles are cleared for entering or leaving the country. | 221 |